CIA Director's Secret Visit to China Aims to Reset Relations
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CIA Director Bill Burns visited China last month to meet with Chinese counterparts and emphasize the importance of maintaining open lines of communication in intelligence channels. The visit signals the US's efforts to reset relations with China after a year of heightened tensions, including the spy balloon incident. The Biden administration has sought to resume cabinet-level engagement with Chinese officials, to varying degrees of success. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu "spoke briefly" in Singapore, but China has rebuffed a US request for a formal meeting between the two officials.
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- CIA Director Bill Burns took a secret trip to China in May NBC News
- CIA director made unannounced trip to Beijing last month Axios
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